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While the roster appeared to be weakened by the injuries to its inside players, Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo believed the team was deeper, more athletic and more experienced than the 2008 gold-medal team. The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G: 4 Rimantas Kaukėnas: 35 – () 11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket: G: 5 Mantas Kalnietis: 25 – () 6 September 1986
2012 →. The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the " Redeem Team ", a play on the ...
2008 →. The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown . The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the previous three tournaments.
4.5. ← 1992. 2000 →. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III, [2] [3] the team included five players who were Olympic ...
2004 →. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They defeated France by a score of 85–75 in the gold medal game. Team USA won gold for the 12th time in 14 Olympic basketball tournaments. [2]
1976 USA results. United States beat Italy, 106–86. United States beat Puerto Rico, 95–94. United States beat Yugoslavia, 112–93. United States beat Egypt, 2–0 ( forfeit) United States beat Czechoslovakia, 81–76. United States beat Canada, 95–77. United States beat Yugoslavia, 95–74. Team Record: 7–0.
The roster was led by future NBA All-Stars Haywood (19 years old) and White (21 years old), who led the team in scoring, with an average of 16.3 points and 11.7 points respectively. Haywood was the youngest player to make the USA basketball team at the time.